Sr Software Dev Engineer - Video Player
YahooAbout the role
Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.
A Little About Us
Yahoo is a global media and tech company that connects people to their passions. We reach nearly 900M people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love—from finance and sports, to shopping, gaming and news—with the trusted products, content and tech that fuel their day. For partners, we provide a full-stack platform for businesses to amplify growth and drive more meaningful connections across advertising, search and media.
The Yahoo Video team empowers Yahoo's web properties and brands with a unified, high-performance video platform that enables effective delivery of video content and monetization. We build and maintain an integrated, feature-rich video platform to enhance user experience, drive revenue growth, and support operational excellence.
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A Lot About You
As a Software Development Engineer for the Video team, you will be working on all the different components that deliver engaging video experiences to Yahoo’s sites like Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo News, AOL and TechCrunch. You will be collaborating with different teams to brainstorm ideas, define architectures, design software and build services, components and User Experiences.
We are seeking talented engineers with the following skills:
You excel at explaining technical concepts to anyone and everyone. People enjoy collaborating with you
You have a bias for action. When you see problems, you solve them
You are extremely curious. You are constantly interested in how the software you interact with works “under the hood”
You are customer focused – regardless of whether the customer is an external user or an internal team
You know that writing code isn’t the end of the process, and you delight in understanding how that code is running in production, looking at metrics, and planning improvements
You excel at embracing new technologies and shifting demands to deliver innovative solutions
Responsibilities
You would be part of defining the features and workings of the Video Platform that can support the next generation of products at Yahoo, using the latest technologies, frameworks and open source tools
Help to scope, plan, and implement best-in-class software practices, procedures, and delivery
Contribute to implementation guidelines and execution strategy for your team’s goals
Collaborate with your peers, product managers, and engineering leaders on new features and enhancements
Support production deployments and debug issues that may come up from time to time.
Qualifications
5+ years Software development experience in JavaScript/TypeScript and related technologies/frameworks
B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
Strong fundamentals: algorithms, data structures, databases and networking
Experience designing, implementing and maintaining web services
Experience with JavaScript tooling like Webpack, ESlint, and optimising performance of web applications
Have a solid understanding of OO design principles, concurrent programming, performance tuning and observability
Predisposition towards testing, instrumentation, and documentation.
Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, build automation, and version control
Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks
Experience in JS unit and functional testing and related tools like Vitest, Jest, Jasmine, Mocha, TestCafe, Playwright, etc
Experience with testing services like SauceLabs, BrowserStack, Appium, and LambdaTes
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